In 1990, Buzz Bissinger's Friday Night Lights became an acclaimed bestseller and national sensation, igniting immediate debate about the role of high school football in small-town Texas. Now, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist does for big cities what he did for small towns in this epic story of one remarkable politician's efforts to save a dying American City. Mayor Edward Rendell will do almost anything for Philadelphia. He will clean the bathrooms in City Hall, endure a joint appearance with Mickey Mouse, and personally lobby President Clinton to keep jobs in the city. He is that rare politician who is larger than life in his ambitions, compassion, and flaws--a man wise enough to see the comic absurdity of his job, yet crazy enough to think he can actually revive his declining city. To succeed, Rendell must negotiate a tough new contract with city workers who are threatening to strike and wreak havoc on the city. He must allay African-American leaders engaged in a zero-sum game of racial politics. He must combat the loss of tens of thousands of jobs that have brought the Workshop of the World to its knees. As Rendell and his brilliant chief of staff, David Cohen fight these political battles, four citizens of Philadelphia engage in their own personal struggles, each one connected to events at City Hall: Jim Mangan is a thirty-seven-year-old welder with a wife and six children. Unless the mayor can achieve a miracle, he and thousands of others will lose their jobs at the city's historic Naval Shipyard. Linda Morrison is a city-employed policy analyst who believes urban life can improve if the mayor embraces unprecedented change. But will Rendell have the courage? Will she be able to sustain her love for the city, or will the pressures of crime and taxes drive her away? Mike McGovern is a prosecutor whose anger at the urban violence of the city fuels his drive for justice. As he questions the personal cost of what he does, he faces one of his toughest trials, seeking life imprisonment for a teenager charged with murder. Fifi Mazzccua is an elderly woman from the inner city raising four great-grandchildren while faithfully visiting her son in prison and hoping she'll live to see the day when he is freed. At turns heart-wrenching and hilarious, A Prayer for the City dramatically illustrates high-pressure politics and the threat of economic decline facing so many cities. No author has ever written with such humanity and insight about a politician in power and the way cities really work.

Eddy, Henry HowardGuide To The Published Archives Of Pennsylvania hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Ex-Library Copy. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1068756. (filed under: Pennsylvania ) *

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Erie County Unit Of Federal Writers' ProjectErie: A Guide To The City And County 1978 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or995597. ISBN #0404579485 / 9780404579487. (filed under: Pennsylvania ) *

Erie County Unit Of Federal Writers' ProjectErie: A Guide To The City And County 1978 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or995597. ISBN #0404579485 / 9780404579487. (filed under: Pennsylvania ) *

The nation stopped and held its collective breath as word spread of the plight of the nine Pennsylvania coal miners who where trapped underground for 77 hours. Nine miners were below when water trapped in an adjacent mine burst through the wall of the new mine they were working. As the air grew thinner and the men grew colder, they listened to the water rising around them in the honeycomb of coal veins. Sitting in a small air pocket, the men wrote farewell notes to their families and sealed them in a lunch bucket. On the surface, the rescue effort became hampered when a special drill bit snapped. The drill would lay idle for 14 hours, effectively halting the rescue, as a replacement was brought in. Hope and despondency alternated, as the determined rescue team made progress, then hit setbacks. Below ground, standing in water and chilling temperatures, the men rode the same waves of hope and despair, all in complete darkness. The successful rescue of the Nine for Nine miners lifted the spirits of an entire nation. Now everyone can hear the complete story of this harrowing accident -- how these men and their families had the strength and bravery it took to survive the incredible ordeal, and of the frantic efforts to save them.

Cited as an 1995 Outstanding Book in Urban Mission , a publication of the Westminster Theological Seminary Christ Church, Philadelphia chronicles the church's history from its founding in 1695 through three centuries of change. The fascinating story of Christ Church is intertwined with that of the development of Philadelphia as a major city, emphasizing the bond forged between the church and the neighborhood surrounding it. This book offers general readers and scholars alike a privileged view into the past and present of a city and of a national landmark. A Barra Foundation Book

Explore the fascinating history, folklore, and folk life of a group that continues to be an important cultural influence in the United States. This book introduces you to the history of the Pennsylvania Dutch and other Germans who settled in Pennsylvania. The first part of the book covers immigration, family and home life, unique dialect, folk art, beliefs, superstitions, and contributions. Folklore that reflects important components of Pennsylvania German life-traditions, beliefs, and superstitions-is offered in the second part, with childhood rhymes in German and English , tall tales, plant legends, and traditional tales. Tales include brauche healing and hexe stories, spirit stories, stories of special days, and stories about a cunning fellow named Eileschpeggel Owl Mirror . Favorite recipes complete the volume. Color photographs and original illustrations depict the rich variety of crafts and folklore found in the culture.

This photographic and textural history of Philadelphia's Society Hill entertains and educates.

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Myers, William H.Quarto-Centennial History Of Grace Lutheran Church, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1878-1903 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1038728. (filed under: Pennsylvania ) *

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Ochsenford, Rev. S.E. (Editor)Muhlenberg College: A Quarter-Century Memorial Volume, Being a History Of The College And a Record Of Its Men hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1042165. (filed under: Pennsylvania ) *

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Peterson, Charles E. Carpenters' Company Of The City And County Of Philadelphia, 1786 Rule Book 1971 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or996736. ISBN #0517138174 / 9780517138175. (filed under: Pennsylvania ) *

Peterson, Charles E. Carpenters' Company Of The City And County Of Philadelphia, 1786 Rule Book 1971 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or996736. ISBN #0517138174 / 9780517138175. (filed under: Pennsylvania ) *

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The Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia, 1786 Rule Book

Stropnicky, Gerald et al (editors)Letters to the Editor; Two Hundred Years in the Life of an American Town Simon & Schuster 1998 Soft Cover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or246534. ISBN #0684848538 / 9780684848532. (category: states) (filed under: Pennsylvania ) *